On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, James Mackinnon wrote: > I am trying to read-only the system but having a seperate location rw > > In order to do this, I want to re-locate the user account files so accounts > can still be added when in read-only mode. > > I have tried doing ln -s /confs/passwd /etc/passwd etc.. but when I try to > create an account it fails with PAM or something. > > Any suggestions on what I require to do this? > > I've been looking but hadn't found an answer to this, likely because i'm crazy > for trying but thats the point.
Also /etc/pwd.db and /etc/spwd.db. The paths are defined in /usr/include/pwd.h: #define _PATH_PASSWD "/etc/passwd" #define _PATH_MASTERPASSWD "/etc/master.passwd" #define _PATH_MASTERPASSWD_LOCK "/etc/ptmp" #define _PATH_MP_DB "/etc/pwd.db" #define _PATH_SMP_DB "/etc/spwd.db" What is the exact error message you are receiving? Use ktrace if your error message is vague to get more details. Jeremy C. Reed
